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He was rarely home during the weekdays, and Alexis said he was ready for a change and looking for a job closer to home so he could be around more to enjoy his daughter\u2019s childhood.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pictured here: <\/em><\/strong><em>Alexis holding <\/em><em>a piece of Electric Metallic Tube (EMT) Conduit during IBT<\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He told GRID that \u201cI never saw myself as skilled at anything,\u201d but that the GRID IBT team \u201ctaught me the basics of solar panel installation, wiring, bending metal, and I seem to have a knack for it and it was fun, I enjoyed learning.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Despite the program being only two weeks in person after completing a two-week distance learning course, Alexis said he learned a lot. \u201cAny questions I or my other classmates had, they would answer and they would take their time to elaborate, I asked them to repeat themselves a few times and they were like, absolutely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alexis said that the GRID team was \u201creally focused on teaching you &#8211; it felt like they wanted me to do well, they wanted me to find a job, and they wanted me to succeed and do my own thing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The major skill he learned from GRID, he said, was \u201cto be more confident in my own skills.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was getting to the point where I was feeling like I couldn\u2019t grow much more, and- in this [solar] industry, I already feel like there\u2019s a lot of opportunities for me to grow not just as a worker but as a person. 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